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UNCLE TOM ANDY BILL XL Wyandotte Makes His Appearance Once More By CHARLES MAJOR Drawinps by P V E Ivory B" • - : Andy Bill ■ furs, which ■ 1 - ■ ■ ■ : I tnall 1 er, becaus : Wyandotte* ••:■ ■ - • than five ike us rich ■ ■ ::. and had i -:--■ Ives . it with a little .' c had never men home I v • ith me, and die h as ■ ■ save use. Balser . llab c felt s v : -■ • - ,ted ■ :. chat the gold ■ -'.d < >ne day acini ..-.■•■ ■' ■'" I were pointed i - - had twokei We oould have ng the road without pa> - but we loved at night. TOE ] ■ - : ncinnati on our way v. ■■ - 1 I ships ■ mall ship : .. d. An ox is a irery penetrates t I: ■ ■ - - - ■ in : lance ai ■ man. 'My 1 These : ■ Like be 1 I Be ■ 1 ike. I 'k) ■ ■ ■ ■ • ; 1 • L git thai ■ ■ ■ He had noi ■ : . : tin- appi tg like mine, i .r \ oke up, ■ him, he - : te or 1d pa said Bal man- and i: 1 ha ■■■ to bu . : to ye. and like to fa ■ •'•••'■•■ ' • ■ : ■ • *•■ \\ \\\ be able to find a man along the with me in place of the cine that run away; but it ain't likely. Fort Chicago 1- so Ear .en don't know nothin' "bout the Fur I on panv: so they don't want to risk workin fer nottnn andfindin' themselves broke so far away from home c end >•' their job.' BU SER a '1 I loved the Gipsy life along the road, md ifter consulting together we agreed to offer the old fellow our help Balser told me to speak so before we started. I said •Well stay with you till you reach Blue Rtver and maybe you can find a man there that will go L he rest "of the way.' _ , . ••■I can't pay ye. boys, cept in goods, said tne md it would be mighty poor pay for the in ly lows three bits a day fer help fer this wagon, and that'll be mighty little ter seen fine - - '•'<■' be ■ 1 .n you, ■ ■■■■ lon'l want pa} said 1 •Well, then, I'll thank ye a heap more a day.' said our new friend \V- . : - ■' '' ha : nosed for the oxen moved like snails compared to :..,- horses a:;.! are frequently had to wait halt a day for the old mar - W€ ** ere 1 ■ hurry, and enjoyed loitering along the road. . ibout the treasure |pmg out. lhe ,vas beautiful and the road was fane; out : us nearly a week to get to Blue Riyer. - Befon we rea yd home we had learned to like theol :. i .. en he unyoked on evening on the banks of the river, we were sorn to pan trom •We une down from home early next morning . find :. man to go with him: but after . idte fellow m the village >t Blue River j to our friend and told him that we had ..j ,i..i,. ■ •: . ye ■ ould find one ' said the old It's hard to gil anyone to work fer the bur . .i:: ; - tnd nalfbreed. The fcjow that Vun away from me was a haltnreed H,. father Frew hman and his mother was a \\ yandotte •Balser and 1 sprang to our feet at the 'W>-andotte' and asked in chorus, A here did you he come from a tribe of Indians that ...nter oui west ■ Fort Chkagu some ay there's a bunch o ttyandottes ;,„.-.« them:— the last o' the tn U-.-and lin told •he old Wyandotte chief is their chwl Perhaps you think that Balser and 1 were not i Balser said: \ndv Bill. 1 wanl to speak to you We ... a little distance, and he continued 'Here's ■■•::■ • hance! Lel th the uld man ■ j, 1 word,' said I, which meant. I m '^ :< Th.-n we went bat k to the old man, and I a te ; ■ kf. smaii: "^'ou stay here tUI to-morrow, and m go with you.' •■If ye will. I'll try to <,'it the compam to double he answered, and they will pa> you in cadi when you git to Fort Chicago. 1 B\\ >li\< and 1 hurried home and told our folks had an opj in I I■go I 1 Fort Chi i-ith the old man ai t f te 9 It Took Ua Nearly a Week to Get to Blue River. partially cx>nsente I. tl ■' hei - ■\'-' i - reluctantly , . ■■Next morning Balser came down, and whi were talking over the proposition with fathei and mother. Mai. didn't once take hereyesofl me. U hen it was settled that we were to she left the roon and went out to the back porch. In a moment 01 I followed, and found her cryii | ■ "Are you crying, Mab?' 1 asked. •■ • \ -,»-<».' she answered, turning hei face froi •■■I'll not go if you want me to sta\ . 1 >aid, h in mv heart she would ask me not to go '••'No, no, Tom Andy Bill!" she replied turning toward Hie. careless of her tear-. You mv You must not think of me. 1 would not stand tn vourwavfora moment, and I know I am ver\ : to cry. But Nan and Bett> and Sue are crying, and I don't see why I can't cr> too ■■■There is this difference. Mab. 1 an 'Your tear- hurt me. burn me. and I would noi cause you one moment.- grief for anything in the ••Yes 1 know. Tom And". Bill. You are alwaj - thinking of my happiness, and I'll not cry am more ! ' [11— 111 be glad thai so good a chance has cume I not cryinj now.' But she was 1 though she tried to laugh. - • m ii>\ sisters came out to the porcn and well the widespread miser? 1 was creating might have been considered a luxury by some f or a u tny sisters were sweet, beautiful girls, and Mab was "with »u1 a peer; but their tear- made me "•lt's all - ■ di off! I'll noi go a said I tossing my hand.- in the aii '•But then came a chorus ol protests and and a shower of kisses, kisses from all save Mab. and 1 said 1 would go if they insisted on it H> sis ter soon -topped crying; but Mab could not -,v\ \'an— good, tender, motherly Nan:- put her arm about her and told her not to cry, that lorn Andy Mil! would be home again before long. "Mab answered between her sobs, 'Yes, 1 kn >w he'll be back I'm foolish: but— l feel something tells me -that I'll never see him again, and- and Oh. I'm so ashamed of myself; but 1 cant help it, Nan. I can't help it" "Balser was waiting for me at the gate; so rm sisters kissed me again, and I saw Nan moti Betty and Sue to leave. When they had gone into the house Nan kissed me and took Mab by the hand, saving, Tom Andy Bill is your brothi Mab ' Then she led her to me and hurried into the house; and— and— Well, II can't tell you aboul thai — BALSER and 1 found the old man waiting for us. and he was overjoyed when we said, we would go with him "At Cincinnati w had purchased two fine saddles with enormous saddle bags We had also bought two beautiful short barrel, smooth bore guns in we oould use either a large bullet «»r bird shot We each took -■ vast store of ammunition, .t fine K-ookc blanket, a now buckskin suit, and an extra ;,,:• ,; boots We rode .1 pair of fine horses, and in lad .in outfit good enough for any dand) trav • It v... the first week in Maj when we started We did not reach Fort Chicago till the last week in \\xne, and that was considered a record breaking trip Chicagoat that time consisted of a few houses